Tips On How To Replace Leaf Springs.

Replacing car parts may sometime gives us headache. But even if it tough and difficult to change auto parts in our cars, it is still needs to be done. And changing leaf springs is not different when replacing other parts. It will need time and patience to do so. So is there a shortcut on how to replace one? More specifically, can leaf spring/s be changed in your garage, without screwing up any alignment? Is it okay to use old shackles or is a new whole setup needed? Or is it a better idea to go to a dealership and let them replace it for you? Here are short tips on how you can replace it all by yourself.

First off, you should have at least the proper tool for doing this. So you would be needing a torch and compressor. If you don’t own one, you can still replace your leaf springs, it might just get harder to do. So you would need to put jack that stands under the frame, also under the rear end. Unbolt the shock and the 4 U-bolt nuts. Now, you won’t need to take out the U-bolts off the axle tubes. Then pull the shock plate off. Loosen the rear shackle nut and work the spring off the shackle. With this, you can now let the spring to come all the way down so that you can remove the 3/4" nut located at the front spring mount. You should be cautious with this step, so you need to wrench on the bolt head to keep it from spinning. The springs now can come out, reverse to get the new one in replaced.

And to add, do one side at a time. To make things easier as the axle assembly stays stable, do not remove both springs at the same time. So with these steps, it will just take 3 hours max. Now there might be additional step since it would depend on what type of vehicle you are replacing leaf springs with but nonetheless, it would take the same step.